Valley Emperor
Vol 2 Chapter 1187: worth a million troops
?The reason why Qi Lingshang appeared here today is because he received an order from the head of the family, Viscount Song, that the Empress's birthday was approaching, so he asked him to find a tribute that could reflect the status of their Song family and let the palace The concubine Kang has a face, but at the same time it can't be too ostentatious and bring bad influence to the tribute.
This kind of requirement is actually very high. First of all, this thing can't be too cheap. It's too cheap. It loses the face of the Song family and the mother. A century-old noble family, an aristocratic family, this decency must be maintained.
Niangniang is the concubine of the Son of Heaven. If she receives a gift that is too cheap, she will naturally lose face.
However, it can't be too expensive!
Concubine Kang is the biological mother of the third prince, Li Bin. With this status, many things need to be considered political influence, especially since the Holy Son of Heaven has not yet established a prince, and even the courtiers do not know whether the Holy Son of Heaven is Li Xian or Li Di Under the circumstances, the third prince still has the opportunity to compete for the crown prince, the future heir of the empire.
Therefore, political influence must be taken into account, and it must not bring the slightest negative influence.
If you send a treasure worth hundreds of thousands of taels, don't think about it, it will definitely cause a lot of public opinion, and I am afraid it will reach the ears of the Son of Heaven in the end. No matter what the Son of Heaven thinks, it will not be what a good thing.
Secondly, the gifts you give must not be too vulgar, traditional treasures and the like are not meant to be unusable, but they are nothing new.
After the task of finding birthday gifts was handed over to Qi Lingshang, he also spent a lot of thought to find them. He also found a few pieces before and after. Although the overall is not bad, he always felt that something was wrong.
After seeing the meniscus lady's mirror in the newspaper a few days ago, he just had a mind, isn't this thing quite suitable.
The price was only a few thousand taels, and it was worth more than 10,000 taels. It was not expensive, but it was considered too cheap.
And this thing also has a strong high-tech attribute. Although the mirror is very common in the eyes of later generations, it is only a daily necessities, but in these days, the mirror is actually a serious high-tech product. To produce a perfect large-area full-length mirror, the technical content is quite high.
And what is the use of high-tech attributes?
Holy Son loves it!
Nowadays, no one in the world knows that the Son of Heaven likes all kinds of high-tech things the most!
Take the steam engine, for example, the Son of Heaven pays attention to it every three days, especially in the past two years, and has personally visited the Royal Institute of Technology many times to inspect the research and development of the steam engine.
Last year, when Xuanping was ten years old, Lin Hui, director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Royal Institute of Technology, who had been supporting the steam engine research and development project for many years, this young man of only 26 years old became the biggest winner in the entire ten years of Xuanping. , because he was conferred the title of earl by the Son of Heaven!
Although there were many barons and viscounts in the Tang Dynasty, there were hundreds of them, but the number of nobles above the earl was very small, and most of them were awarded for military merit.
Lin Hui became the first scientist to be awarded the title of Earl!
Moreover, it is very important that Lin Hui's title of earl is to be replaced by hereditary after being reduced to a baron, and it will be discontinued with the country!
Many people have the title of Earl, but it is not hereditary, and very few people have the title of being with the country. This shows how important Lin Hui is in the mind of the Son of Heaven.
Last year, the steam engine project led by Lin Hui made a great breakthrough. Over the years, although they have not been able to develop a high-pressure steam engine, they have not been able to miniaturize the steam engine to meet the needs of ships and trains, but in the low-pressure steam engine In this field, great breakthroughs have been made continuously.
The continuous improvement of the low-pressure steam engine has greatly improved its power and stability, which has initially met the needs of industrial applications. This is why many factories this year, such as Yang Cheng's Jiujiang Glass Company Shanghai Branch and Geng Youhua's Shanghai Branch, are all Reasons for the mass adoption of the steam engine.
Although the price of steam engines is still relatively expensive and the operating cost is relatively high, the most important power and operation stability have achieved great breakthroughs, which can already meet industrial needs, and far exceed water power.
Starting this year, as the only steam engine manufacturer in China, Zhaoqing Machinery Co., Ltd. received explosive growth in steam engine orders. The factory could not meet the demand with full production, forcing Zhaoqing Machinery Co., Ltd. to build a branch factory to expand production. .
At the same time, the Royal Institute of Technology has also slightly released the patent authorization of steam engines, and also granted a patent authorization to Dangtu Machinery Company, a state-owned enterprise specializing in the production of water-powered machinery, in order to allow more domestic Enterprises can quickly use steam engines, but the patent authorization of steam engines is still limited to the enterprises affiliated to the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises, and even the enterprises affiliated to the Royal Assets Division have not been authorized.
However, although the authorization is available, the technology required for the production of steam engines is not small. Although Dangtu Machinery Co., Ltd. has a patent authorization, it is not easy to build it successfully. Therefore, at present, only Zhaoqing Machinery Company can produce steam engines in China. And it is expected to monopolize the market for many years, even if it will occupy most of the market in the future.
Lin Hui, who came up with the steam engine, was directly awarded the title of Earl by Li Xuan, who was in a good mood.
This kind of treatment, this kind of evaluation, in Li Xuan's opinion, is not excessive at all, no one knows better than him, mature and stable, and can be widely used in industry. Steam engine, how huge its role is!
Such a steam engine is enough to completely set off a wave of industrialization in the empire, bringing an industrial storm to the land of China, and even to the world. Its effect is far greater than an army of millions!
The attention of the Son of Heaven and the title and status Lin Hui obtained were also the direct reasons why many talented students worked hard to get admitted to the Royal Institute of Technology.
Everyone wants to be the second Lin Hui!
Become a noble, not only yourself, but also your children and grandchildren!
In Lin Hui, the matter of the steam engine is enough to prove the Son of Heaven's love for high technology. In addition to the steam engine, it can be seen that the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to technology in many other aspects.
As for the birthday gift that the Song family gave to Concubine Kang, if it could have high-tech attributes, it would at least not disgust the Son of Heaven, and perhaps it would make the Son of Heaven happy.
Out of this consideration, Qi Lingshang also became interested in this meniscus lady's mirror!
As for the meniscus lady's mirror later turned into a charity auction item, he was even more interested!
Charity, this is a good thing. In this case, Qi Lingshang doesn't even mind paying a few thousand taels more in the next bid, and raises the price a little so that more money can be used for charity.
It's not expensive at all to buy a suitable thing for two silver coins as a birthday present for Concubine Kang. What's more, there is also the bonus of being a charitable person. This is for the Song family and even for Concubine Kang. is beneficial.
Now, he can even imagine that once the Son of Heaven knows, this gift from the Song family to Concubine Kang is a charity item. Even if it is not Long Xin Da Yue, at least he will feel some relief.
Thinking of this, he is already determined to win this meniscus lady's mirror!
After the auctioneer's introduction, he finally started the bidding process and called out the starting price, 2,500 taels of silver, and each increase should not be less than 100 taels.
After these words fell, there was no one bidding for a while, which made the auctioneer on the stage a little anxious. Even the person in charge of Fuhe Auction House and Yang Cheng, the general manager of the Shanghai branch of Jiujiang Glass Company, were all anxious. He frowned involuntarily.
Could it be that this is going to be streamed?
Damn, this can't be done. They have done so much work, and this situation must not happen. At this time, Yang Cheng and the person in charge of the Fuhe auction house looked at each other. Although it was just a look, but basically They all know what to do.
If no one really bids, then the person arranged by Yang Cheng and the person arranged by Fuhe Auction House will bid. Of course, the person arranged by Yang Cheng must be the one who succeeded in the final auction. The big ones spend thousands of taels to charity.
Just when Yang Cheng was about to ask his subordinates to bid, so that the auction would not pass, he suddenly saw the auctioneer shouting excitedly: "Two thousand six hundred taels, the thirty-fifth honored guest bid two thousand six hundred taels!"
This seems to be the beginning~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Soon, I saw many people holding up signs to bid, most of them are agents of various wealthy families, of course, there are also many wealthy people who came in person bid.
Some people want to actually buy it, show it off or use it, while some people just perceive some of the benefits it brings, such as fame.
Many people can already imagine that when today's auction is over, I am afraid that today's auction will be circulated in the upper class of Shanghai, for nothing but the auction proceeds of this meniscus lady's mirror. They were all donated, regardless of whether it was shocking to scold Yang Cheng for being stupid or saying that Yang Cheng was a good person, but what does this have to do with them?
If it spreads out, these buyers will only be people who spend a lot of money for charity, and their reputation will definitely improve a lot. With fame, whether it is business or other in the future, it will be inconvenient. Is there a lot.
Besides, this crescent moon lady's mirror is really good, it can be called a treasure, and the real rich don't care about the thousands of taels of silver.
However, Qi Lingshang did not bid, he was waiting!
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